Live Audience Motion Data Visual Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for broadcasting live events face limitations such as zero tolerance for delays and filtered coverage, which restrict the experience for remote audiences, preventing them from fully engaging with the event and its atmosphere.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses computing devices to monitor audience reactions through motion data, generating visual indicators to convey the live audience's experience to online viewers, allowing them to participate and feel the event's ambiance, regardless of their physical location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional broadcasting methods are used to cover live events, then the coverage can be directed and filtered for specific audiences, but the remote audiences lose the ability to fully engage with the event atmosphere and interact with fellow attendees
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces motion data as an intermediary that captures and transmits audience reactions and atmosphere information to remote viewers. Motion sensors detect physical movements of the live audience, converting atmospheric engagement into quantifiable data that can be transmitted remotely, thus mediating between the physical event atmosphere and remote audience perception.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical broadcasting systems with electronic motion sensing and data transmission systems. Instead of relying on human reporters or cameras to capture atmosphere, the system uses motion sensors and digital data streams to automatically capture and transmit audience reactions, substituting mechanical observation with electronic detection.
2Speed
If live coverage is provided with zero tolerance for delays, then the broadcast remains synchronized with the event, but the filtering and directed sampling limits the coverage comprehensiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audience experience into multiple independent motion data streams from different locations and individuals. Rather than relying on a single filtered broadcast feed, the system collects segmented motion data from numerous sensors throughout the venue, allowing comprehensive coverage without requiring centralized filtering that limits information.
3Ease of operation
If motion data from multiple computing devices is collected to represent live audience reactions, then the online audience experience is enhanced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the universal functionality of standard computing devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) that attendees already possess. Rather than requiring specialized equipment, the system uses universally available devices with built-in motion sensors, making the complex data collection infrastructure accessible through common technology.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service mechanisms where computing devices automatically collect and transmit motion data without requiring manual intervention from attendees. The devices autonomously monitor movement patterns and send data to the central system, eliminating the need for complex user interfaces or manual data entry while reducing system operational complexity.
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AI summary
Techniques to provide an online audience to an event with a live audience experience. The live audience refers to users who are physically present at a live event and the online audience refers to users who are viewing the event through those users' computing devices. These techniques connect these audiences by communicating content that reflects the live audience's emotional state to the online audience's computing devices. In some embodiments, these techniques enhance the online audience's live viewing of the event by augmenting the event's broadcast with a visual indicator that expresses the live audience's response to a specific moment that occurred during the event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.